Agenda / journey

When to use

Use after the hook when the meeting has three or more beats. Do not use for a two-slide note. Do not use Cloud architecture boxes for an agenda.

Guidelines

Numbered beats in time order. The action title says what will be true when we leave, not “Agenda.”

Example

Rules

1. Three to five beats. Each beat is two to five words.
2. Title is an action sentence about the meeting, not the word Agenda.
3. Time or duration may sit in the source line, not as a competing title.

User recipe

Pick family: Consulting exhibit first.

Insert objects:

• Text: title (action sentence about meeting outcome)
• Text: kicker, source line (optional duration)
• Text: numbered beats (3–5, each 2–5 words)

Assemble:

1. Title states what will be true when meeting ends
2. Numbered beats in time order
3. Each beat is 2–5 words

Anti-patterns

• Ten-line appendix as “agenda.”
• Beats that are speaker names.
• A dark keynote agenda with six paragraphs.